Holy Cow Mama...that is scary! I took one of the tests like that before and freaked me out as well. I don't ever read the box before hand as most test are all the same. Sure taught us a lesson right lol.

WOW! I would have been confused too! I guess it always pays to read the box first, though I would have done the same, just assuming two lines was a positive. Just when you think you've got it figured out, they up and change things.

haha! wow. thats a weird test! i always thought 2 lines meant positive.well i think its prob good lol.. i mean my mom had my brother and i close. my brother was 2 months old when she got pregnant w/ me.. but she also didnt have 4 kids already :-) just 1. So it wasnt to bad.

You ARE such a tease. You totally had me going!!! I think postpartum hormonal changes are so similar to the early changes of pregnancy that it's natural to be suspicious. I have wasted so very much money on pregnancy tests these five years of marriage.

That is why I spring for the digital kind that say "pregnant" or "not pregnant." Otherwise I'd be sitting there thinking IS THAT A PLUS SIGN??? I'm pregnant now and I wonder what we'll do after the baby is born. I don't want to use birth control because we've recently come to the realization that God's in control and will space our children the way He wants them. But last time my period didn't come back for a few months, and I'd probably be freaking out the whole time that I was pregnant and that was why I wasn't having it. I am kind of paranoid.

oh my gosh steph! I read the first paragraph and saw the two lines on the picture and just yelled out to everyone around me- oh my goodness- steph is pregnant! :) Then I kept reading :) What a crazy test. ...also, I really hope we can meet up soon :)

Whoosh, I BET you're relieved! When The Boy was three months old - and his birth was INCREDIBLY traumatic and he was still nursing ALL THE TIME - I thought I might be pregnant, and I remember holding the pregnancy test, just PRAYING that it would be negative. (and it was. whoooo.)So I know how you felt! Happy new year!

Whew! I did one of those this morning, too, and had a mix of emotions with the negative. But I don't think I'm ready for three. My results were more clear, though. I have to say, that's the worst intuitive design I've seen at Target!

Okay, so seeing as how you had Ivy five weeks before I had Wyatt, you just had me freaking out thinking that I might be needing to count the weeks on my calendar too! My goodness girlfriend! How fun would that be? :)

Goodness. I did that in June... twice. The first box I threw away ...thinking "I know how this works". When I got home and took the test the two lines showed up. I went to town and bought another box... this time I read the instructions ... you are right TWO LINSE DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN PREGNANT!

We just had a similar "scare" yesterday too! I was getting ready to go buy a test since I have been feeling queasy and I was late, but I started today, much to our relief. I know we are not done yet though, because both of us were just a little bit sad anyways...but still relieved!

Oh my goodness, I just started reading your blog a while ago - found you had a daughter a month younger than mine... and then to see the two lines show up?? My heart dropped into my stomach for you! :) Too funny!

i took that same test and wanted to be pregnant, and wasn't yet w/ this baby. i'm certain of God's timing, but that test broke my heart for a few minutes because i thought the 2 lines was a positive result!i hear after 4 kids, it really isn't that difficult to add more. = ) but, if you're happy, i'm happy for you!

Oh wow! I'm glad everything turned out the way you wanted, but I held my breath for a minute there.

That type of test is evil. Another friend of mine had the exact same first reaction. It was only when she went back and reread the instructions that she caught her mistake. She VERY much did NOT want to be pregnant.

This is too funny. I had been feeling really sick and I took a test on Levi's 3 month b-day and guess what I got two lines also. Well I knew it was wrong in mu gut. So I calle dmy midwife and she said she didn't think it could be . Well I went to the doctor last week and it was wrong. Did and ultrasound and everything no sac or nothing. So sometimes those home tests are wrong. Not that yours was just funny that we both had the same kind of scare. I think I kind of feel the same way as you not sure I want to be tinkling on those sticks anymore.

LOL - Oh, Memories!!!!It took us 2 years to get pregnant with Ali, and I probably took at least 789 tests.When I finally took the positive one, I read it the opposite way that you did - it had two dashes and I was looking for a plus and a dash. I went on for three more days thinking that I WASN'T pregnant. . . 'till one day I was feeling especially bad and my boss, of all people, suggested that I take a pregnancy test (he knew we had been trying for so long). I went home, got the other one out of the package, was on my way to the bathroom reading the label, and all of a sudden realized I had read the first one wrong. I shrieked so loudly. . .and knew that I had baby brains before I knew I was even pregnant!!!:) Thanks for sharing and bringing back fun memories!!

I was jealous and nervous all at the same time! I had a similar situation last week and breathed a HUGE sigh of relief when it was negative. I guess that tells me how I feel about that right about now.

So...I was going to visit your blog and comment just to troll for blog hits, but this was a real coincidence! I have a 5 month old and there is a chance I might be pg too! I am not brave enough to get a test yet though. I UCed my last, btw.

And I was getting all ready to say "Congratulations". It's easy to laugh when it's not me taking the test...I have 2 that are 17 months apart exactly and I remember what went through my head then....with a 3 mo old baby I can't even imagine :)

whew....oh my....i felt that FOR YOU :) Well i'm happy for you that you are relieved...and i'm sure you're aware of your options already....but the IUD has been GREAT for me (I've had it since after delivering Levi in 2007) and have had no side effects or issues....I got the non-hormonal Paragard. Just in case you were considering it. :) Good luck either way hon your kids are AMAZING! :) And your blog is SO fun to read! :)

I am not kidding when I say this happened to me too! Apparently they don't make tests like they used to! We are a few days away from having baby number 6 and when you want to see two lines, this test really sucks!

Oh, Steph! The same thing happened to my sister-in-law a few years ago! But she didn't check the box until AFTER she told my brother and they had already gone into frantic mode about how they were going to swing another child! Haha! I think the company behind that particular test likes to play pranks on people. :)

You must have been scared out of your wits!!! Of course children are always a blessing, but to have them so close together would be very stressful for anyone! My Dad and my aunt are only 12 months apart and I don't know how my grandmother did it!!!

In case you ever want to get a bunch of super cheap, very accurate and sensitive tests, Early Pregnancy Tests on Ebay are awesome. I think I got 25 for $7. I used 5 with this little one, just because I didn't believe it! It's nice to have them on hand, for those anxious moments.

I am expecting baby number 6 in just a few weeks and we were quite surprised by this news, I will admit that they were not all happy thoughts but now I am very excited! And will figure out the routine with three under three (I hope!)

Girl... you got me hehe. Actually, though I was like, Steph would be an excellent mother to 5. You are just so graceful and how neat to have them so close. Then of course I look on the other side and start panicking for you until I kept reading on in the blog post.

OMG.. I just spit my soda across the desk... You know I took a simular test and I had thrown away the box (I mean seriously as many tests as Ive taken you'd think Id know if It was positive or not) and needless to say I thought those two lines meant positive and I sat on the floor freaked out for a good three hours and got the courage to call Chris at work and he rushed home in his police car (how heroic) with new tests... and again two lines... so then we both thought I was pregnant we flipped out in that omg... how are we going to do this again so early mode... and when he came home from work he was actually sort of excited.

Next day I looked at the box in passing.. and you know.. I was really sad... damn those tests.